Combined stop and handle for bore-cleaning rods



E. WILLIAMS COMBINED STOP AND HANDLE FOR BORE CLEANING RODS Filed May 2,1925 1N VENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Ban 120i MILL/29273 rods, especiallythose having a notched end with which the'rag or Wasteis associated, for

.Patented Got, 1%, 1923.,

EDVJAB-I) HENBY "WILFLIULZZES, 6E EUREKA, CALIFORNIA. v

COMBINED STOP All) BORE-CLErkllTIIIG RODS.

' Applicatien filed'iiey 2,

To aZZ (whom it may concern:-

fi 1' T1 one iinown th i, newline a citizen of the United States, and arose dent of Eureka in thecounty oi lrlumboldt and State of Cahforn1a,have invented a new and Improved "Combined Stop and flandle forBore-Cleaning Bods, of wnich the fol}.

lowing is a ful clear, and xact description. This invention hasrelationto cleaning implements and hasparticular reference tocleaningrod for gun barrel bores. V I in use of the common forms. ofleaning cleaning the bore there-isa constant tendency for the end'of therod tocprotrude from the barrel at the breech or muzzle, thus alone endof the barrel to'vlimit the movement.

of' the cleaning rod and prevent the entire projection of the end ofthe. rod from the barrel. j r I As a further object the inventioncontemplates a combined adjustable handle and guard of the character setforth which is extremely simple in its construction, inere pensive tomanufacture and which is highly eflicient in its purpose. v A

'With the above recited and other objects in View the inventionresides'in the novel construction set forth in the followingspecification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated. in theaccompanying drawing, it being understood that'the'right is reserved to embodiments other than those actuallyillustrated herein tov the full extent indicated by the general meaningof the terms inwhich the claims are expressed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a View illustrating a cleaning rod equippedwith the attachment when used from the breech end of the gun; V

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risen-serial No. eeaeia from the muzzleend of the guru; i. l 3 is anenlarged detail side View of the handle and guard or stop rernoved'froni the cleaning rod. r r

Fig.4; is aplan viewthereof, f Fig-.75 is a plan viewof the blank\vhichthe handle and guard is mas head priorto bending offthe'. same. 'ii I P is enlarged detail View of one on the line 6+6 ofrldig; 3.

c ssociated.

Referring to the dr the breech end thereof and :C the muzzleend.

D designates a irovided one end with anotch E-forthe d handle and 1guard or stop he inventlon is preferably lhe coin "3 1 LA \ufllCLl CO?constructed of stamped outto provide anenlarged'medial portion 10 andextensions ll-from the op- -posite end thereofwhich are ofllesser widththan the medial portion and are provided v longitudinally spacedpairsiof earslQ formed on the opposite sideedgesof said extension, saidears being -perforated or a ertured as zit 13, the free'extremitiesofthe extensions ll rbeing preferably pointed as at 14. In forming thedevice themedial portion. 10 ijs transverselycurled upon itself and atthe same time bent into substantially split ring form to provide thehandle portion 15 ofthe completeddevice. duced extensions 11 projectfrom the opposite ends of the split ring-shaped handle and are disposedin substantially parallel relation Wlth' the longitudinal center oftheir 2 is a similar iew of the same when 6 is sectional" Viewtakenapproirithe cleaningr od with which thede awing .by characters I ll A 'erere ce, A des gnates agunbarrel, B

ssociati n"therewith; of a cleaning rag or waste. V v

fronij cleaningfrod whichis movable irough the gun l ar-reland ispreferably shectof material which is v The reconfronting facesdepressedoutwardly as at I l6'to form at their outer sidesajlongitudinalstrengthening r1b, while producing on their inner sides complementarycleaning rodreceiving grooves 17 This arrangement ofthe I extensionsll'disposes the apertured cars 12' in alignment to receive therethroughthe threaded shanks 18 of thumbscrews 19 which shanks are threadedlyengaged in the spherical nuts 20. The outer pointed terf w minals 14ofthe extensions 11 are bent outassociating the same with the novice.

In use and operation the combined handle and guard or stop is associatedwith the cleaning rod and is adjusted longitud nally thereon to aposition whereo the d ince between the stop shoulders i l and theopposite end of the cleaning rod D corresponds substantially to thelength of the bore of the barrel A. The set screws are then manipulatedto tightly clamp the extensions 11 against thecleaning rod. It thusfollows that when the cleaning rag or waste is associatedwith thenotched end E, the cleaning operation is greatly facilitated due l factthat the end of the cleaning roc wit whichthe or waste is associated isprevented from being projected beyond the end of the barrel by the.engagement oi the outturned ends i l with the breech or muzzle end ofthe barrel according to the manner in which the device is used. lln lthe stop shoulders are illustrated as cngging with the breech to limitthe projection of the opposite end ofthe cleaning rod from the muzzle,while in Fig. 2 the stop shoulc ers are illustr engaging" with themuzzle to prevent the projectionof the opposite end of the cleaning rodfrom the breech end ofthe bore into the, cartridge charnber. It thusfollows that a single clear rod may be advantageously used in connectionwith fire arins having barrel bores of various lengths by simplyadjusting a combined handle or stop and guard ineinber longitudinally onthe rod. /Vhen not in use the d vice may be removed from the rod itdesired, to facilitate the packing or storing of the same.

I claim:

l. The combination with a cleaning rod for the bore of gun barrels, of amember longitudinally adjustable on said rod to constitute a stopengageable with one end of the barrel to prevent the projection of saidrod from the opposite end or the barrel, said member comprising asubstantially split ring-shaped handle, parallel extensions from meansextending through said extensions ins outwardly therefron to providelougitudinal grooves in their corn-1 the end of said handle, and meansfor effecting a clamping engagement of said extensions with the cleaningrod.

2, The combination with a cleaning rod for the bore of gun barrels, or".a member longitudinally adjustable on said rod to corn stitute a stopengageable with one end i the barrel to prevent the projection of saidrod from the opposite end of the barrel, said member coin rising asubstantnilly split ring-shaped h dle, parallel extensions the end ofsaid handle, said e; formed with complementary longitud grooves in theircon ronting faces,

eli ecting a clamping engagement o" grooved portions thereof with theclea rod. 7

3. he combination with a cleaning rod for ti o bore of gun barrels, of aIi1"" }lf itudinally ad ustable on said rod to co titute stop engageablewith one end or the barrel to prevent the projection oi said rod fromthe opposite end oithe barrel, said so nieinber comprising asubstantially ring-shaped handle, parallel extensions iii the end ofsaid handle, said extensi formed with complementary longitudir groovesin their confronting tacos, id ineans extending through said extensionsfor eti'ecting a clamping engagement of the grooved portions rereot withthe clean rod, the said split ring-shaped handle oei. an ydisposed wth.respect to the e As a new article of inanui actura'a combined handle andstop for gun barrel cleaning rods, comprising a naeinbci. constructedtroin a single length of flat terial having its central portion bent toproir, n -b w en b 1n -1H .1 no a su sban iany u u m split 1. shapedhandle and its end portions octparallel ice extensions from the ends oihe xtensions torrned with coinpler-i ces to receive witnin the groovedpor he gun barrel cleaning rod, laterally proecting aligned aperturedears on the em sions, and means extending through said ears foreil'ccting a clamping engagement oi the grooved portions of theextension wi ,h the cleaning rod.

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